Leikeim Helle Weisse | Brauerei Leikeim

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Taste is better, with notes of old lemon, must, generic wheat, clove, and ale yeast esters. Simplistic yet still imbalanced, and though it has basic cohesion it doesn't quite come off as a gestalt whole. Poor depth of flavour. Average duration and intensity of flavour.

Mouthfeel is unrefreshing - a serious issue in a hefeweizen. Smooth, wet, light to medium-bodied, overcarbonated, and somewhat stale. There's no harmony of texture and taste here, but it does a decent job suiting the flavour profile (even if the mouthfeel never accentuates specific constituent notes, and fails to elevate the beer as a whole).

Overall, it's a lackluster attempt at a hefeweizen, but it's decent for its low price point. I wouldn't trifle with it again, but it will scratch your hefeweizen itch, unimpressive though it may be. Certainly drinkable.

This one is a nice hefeweizen beer, more spicy than the traditional ones (in the smell and in the taste) and with some nice cereal notes too.
Foam in the end is really creamy (another point for Leikeim) but body is too light and is possible to feel a bit of the alcohol in this one.

Sampling right now on 11/2/14. Comes in a single 500ml (16.9 ounce) bottle from the local Hy-Vee for $3.79. Has a ceramic stopper with a metal hinge to open the brew. Best before date on back label is "01 08 15". Alcohol content is 5.5% (ABV). Bottle chilled down to 36 degrees F in my beer cooler and poured in to a .5L weissber vase glass.

Pours a hazy golden-yellow in color with a good 3+-finger foamy white head that stays around for a while that finally settles down to a good 4mm head after a good 30+ mins. There is sediment in the bottom of the bottle. Lots of string-like lacing is seen that sticks to the glass after each sip, that is common for a good German brew. The aroma is of wheat sweetness with cloves and bananas for the most part. Pretty much the same I would say for the taste as well. Does finish on the slightly dry side but decent. No bitter or harsh aftertaste though. Lighter+ bodied with perfect carbonation.Overall, a decent 'Hefe'. PROST!

A very average German weisse bier. Nose is dominated by banana and a gummy sweetness, but is very tame. Beer is a little cloudier and not quite as carbonated as I'd like for the style. Taste follows the nose. Nothing too outstanding but certainly not bad. If I were told this was a Weihenstephaner clone, I would believe it. Similar flavors though not as pronounced. Slight bitterness that lingered a bit; not ideal for the style. It's ok but nothing to write home about.

From a one pint nine ounce swing top bottle, freshness dated to April 16 2014.

The aroma is blandly bready and sweet. Pours a cloudy pale orange/yellow with decent white head. The head quickly dissipates to spotty lacing of glass. The taste is mildly citrus with a sweet bread and a touch of fig.Highly drinkable.

Mouthfeel: Light body with medium carbonation, no hop bitterness or bite but finishes very dry.

Overall: Not the best German import Weiss I've had. Not sure what happened here but it misses a lot of standards one would expect. It tastes oxidized and dry. I'd prefer sweet, citrus and heavy malt - which this is not.

Thanks to Jeff for my first beer from Brauerei Leikeim. Three dollars for a 500 mL German hefe in a swing-top? Uhm... yes, please. A nebulous, placid yellow shade of hefe sits in my glass - unfiltered with plenty little bits of sediment floating about. The soft white head shows good retention, though it's not as chunky, creamy, or thin-bubbled as I'd like for the style.

The nose is a little bland, consisting mostly of some light wheat and a touch of rip fruits; mainly banana with a hint of apple and/or possibly pear, though things are a touch muddled throughout the wheat-y medium. Not as "yeasty", especially considering how yeasty this beast looks in the glass. It's too tame and underpowered, resulting in some slight disappointment.

A good bit of chewy, salt-water taffy nips the tongue with each sip. A light wheat background extends itself to the corners of your mouth and tosses out a larger array of flavors than could be detected from the nose. Mild clove spice, some thick yeast, sweet bread, and a mild, residual sugary sweetness. The taste is already better than the aroma after a few sips in.

The back-end shows a bit more wheat and bready sweetness with a finish that spits out a somewhat buttery popcorn flavor, the sign of a little too much diacetyl, perhaps. It's not enough to make me gag or lash out at the brewery in my review, but it certainly wouldn't be missed. It does too much to distract from the nice aftertaste this beer *could* have.

Aside from that slightly wayward crawl, my only other complaint in the flavor department is, again, a lack of complete robustness. The flavors are nice, they just don't reach out and slap my taste buds silly like I want them to. The body is thin-medium, thick enough for a hefe, and coupled with decent carbonation for a smooth and creamy mouth feel.

Not bad for a three dollar pick up, but even a cost that low is hard to justify when a bottle of Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier is the same price or cheaper. It's a nice, somewhat lighter version of the style (and by lighter, I mean amped down in flavor and aroma) though hefeweizens aren't exactly sound barrier breakers to begin with. Good, but I have no reason to every buy this again.

A: The beer is slightly hazy pale yellow in color and has a light to moderate amount of visible carbonation. It poured into a weizen glass with a two finger high white head that gradually died down, leaving a thin layer of bubbles covering the surface and some lacing down the sides of the glass.
S: Moderately strong aromas of bananas are present in the nose along with some notes of wheat.
T: Like the smell, the taste is dominated by flavors of banana and bubble gum and also has some notes of wheat. No cloves are present.
M: It feels a bit more than light-bodied on the palate and has a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer is very easy to drink and has some refreshing properties. I could definitely picture myself drinking this again on a hot summer day.

A milder sort of wheat beer with an odd tang, like a touch of Baltic Porter. Pours a cloudy light amber in the globe with big foam piling up and plenty of carbonation in the mouth.

A lighter taste than some other Hefeweizens, but it does have some of the estery flavors. More of a citrus, chalk, and cracker taste with some malty sweetness. Some hints of bitterness along with an orange peel taste. Faint nose of old cloves. Overall, this is a nice sudsy quaff but it's a less interesting flavor.

From the 500 ml swingtop bought at New World Market on Geary St. in San Francisco.

This is a wheat beer that's somewhat below Weihenstephaner, Ayinger, Schneider, and Franzikaner for me, primarily due to its flavors being not as complex or robust. That being said, it was still an enjoyable hefeweizen of fairly high quality. The flavors and aromas were enjoyable and easily discernible, just not as numerous or spectacular as those aforementioned breweries. A traditional hefeweizen I'd get again, and am interested in trying in a more fresh bottle and on tap.

Pours a tall, &gt;4cm head of slightly off-white bubbles with above average retention, lasting for more than two minutes in its slow decline to a 0.75cm cap atop the body of the beer. Lacing is present, but about average for the style, leaving a few semi-thick strands hanging from top to bottom, alongside a few spots and dots clinging to the inner perimeter of the glass. The body itself is a dark gold color, opaque from suspended sediment, only being able to see the shadow of my hand through the glass. Light brings out pale yellow and orange hues to the body and reveals the carbonation, which seems quite present and fairly active.

Aroma is fairly robust and pleasant, primarily of a yeasty banana bread character, with additional, though minor, notes of grain, apple cider, and mild bubblegum.

Flavor is rather sweet and heavy on yeast and banana ester, with plenty of wheat to support it. That being said, the flavor isn't as amazingly multi-directional as I've come to expect from the most complex hefeweizens. Still, better than average and quite tasty. Front of palate detects semi-sweet, semi-grainy malts with significant banana ester and very dull lemon or orange citrus notes. Mid-palate has some substantial wheat malt flavor with noticeable spicy clove phenolics, yeast, and banana esters, with less-noticeable apple cider and slight cardboard. Back of palate picks up modest bitterness, slight tartness, yeast, bread, unrefined wheat grain, banana ester, and hints of apple cider. Aftertaste is surprisingly dry and tart, with yeast being most noticeable, but banana bread and clove-like phenolics also being present.

Beer is medium-bodied, with carbonation of medium-low intensity, resulting in a generally smooth mouthfeel that foams up slightly as it moves across the palate. Closes semi-dry to dry, with little residual stickiness across the mouth.

Served in chilled pint glass. Slightly cloudy and crisp aroma and faint hint of hops. Light carbonation and light and crisp for a weise. Was sold to me as a "Light Hacker" . No need for a fruit on this beer just smooth clean finish. Great for a hot summer day.